On 19/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >I'd really like a pentax K to Leica screw 39 adapter so I could use a >couple of my M/K lenses on my V*********er Bessas, possible do you think?
Entirely possible with a home-brew non-optical adapter. The distance between the flange of a lens (the part that rests against the camera body when it is on the camera) and the film plane is known as the 'register'. On K mount, that distance is 45.46mm. On Leica screw it is 28.8mm. You would need an extention to the camera body on your Bessa of 16.66mm to mount the K mount lens further away from the body. You could easily build an adapter into this distance. I would suggest obtaining the back ends of a pair of lenses, a K mount and a Leica screw, and fabricating the appropriate metal in between the two, machining it until the register is correct. Or pay someone :-) Yes, it can be done. I'll let you know it I come across any examples. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _____________________________ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
